"I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that song be the kind I would want to record. The songs of mine that I end up liking are songs that come from real experience. They're like chapter titles in my life."

-- Lyle Lovett

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“Shortly after I met my mentor he asked me, â€˜Mr. Rohn, how much money have you saved and invested over the last six years?â€™ And I said, â€˜None.â€™ He then asked, â€˜Who sold you on that plan?â€™”
“You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 19, 2011.
“I started putting words together, making rhymes and being witty with the wordplay. I can play a little bit of guitar, and that's something I'm going to dedicate more time to doing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an obscure daily, so that when I arrived in a big city everything I tackled in the line of column conducting and syndicate peddling and playwriting had to bring promotion, because I had no social standing which could be endangered, no reputation to toss away and no pride which might suffer a setback. Everything I acquired had to be velvet. You cannot lose your silver spoon if you are brought up on pewter.”
“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”
“I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with other people's songs.”

Source : Interview with Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. April 2, 2010.
“A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.”
“There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at your feet like a shadow, you suddenly and strangely feel perfectly okay.”

Source : Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.111, Vintage

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